Mogollon Culture in the Forestdale Valley, East-Central Arizona

by Emil W. Haury

Overview

Classic site reports establish the Mogollon on their own cultural track distinct from the Anasazi and also document the earliest known association of tree-ring dates with pottery in the Southwest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780816533121
Publisher:	University of Arizona Press
Publication date:	11/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	454
File size:	46 MB
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About the Author

Emil W. Haury, one of the early originators of the Mogollon concept in the classification of southwestern prehistoric groups, has been actively contributing to archaeological advancements for sixty years. Haury became Head of the Anthropology Department at the University of Arizona in 1937 and was appointed Director of the Arizona State Museum in 1938. He continued in these two positions until 1964, and during that time established highly successful archaeological field schools that trained many future professional archaeologists. The excavations of Mogollon sites reported on in this volume were conducted at the early (1939-1941) field schools in Forestdale, Arizona. From 1970 to 1980, Haury held the Fred A. Riecker Distinguished Professorship in Anthropology at the University of Arizona, and he became Professor Emeritus in 1980. Preeminent among his numerous honors and awards was his election to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. Major publications by Haury include The Stratigraphy and Archaeology of Ventana Cave, Arizona; Excavations at Snaketown, Material Culture (with others); and The Hohokam: Desert Farmers and Craftsmen; and he has authored a multitude of professional monographs and articles.

Table of Contents

Contents Prologue: The Mogollon Concept Part I. Tla Kii Ruin, Forestdale's Oldest Pueblo Preface Archaelogy in the Forestdale Valley The Forestdale Valley and Tla Kii Ruin Tla Kii Ruin The Significance of Tla Kii Ruin Part II. Excavations in the Forestdale Valley, East-central Arizona Introduction The Bear Ruin General Discussions and Conclusions Appendix: The Skeletal Remains of the Bear Ruin - Norman E. Gabel Bibliography Part III. An Early Pit House Village of the Mogollan Culture, Forestdale Valley, Arizona - Emil W. Haury and E. B. Sayles Acknowledgments The Bluff Site Summary and Conclusions Appendix: Analysis of Soil Samples - T. F. Buehrer Bibliography Part IV. The Forestdale Valley Cultural Sequence Dating the Forestdale Phases Hilltop Phase Cottonwood Phase Forestdale Phase Corduroy Phase Dry Valley Phase Carrizo Phase Linden Phase Pinedale Phase Canyon Creek Phase Skidi Phase Alchesay Phase Regional Note Epilogue: The Mogollon and Anasazi References: Prologue, Parts I and IV, and Epilogue Appendix A. A Sequence of Great Kivas in the Forestdale Valley, Arizona - Emil W. Haury Appendix B. New Tree-Ring Dates from the Forestdale Valley, East-central Arizona - Emil W. Haury Appendix C. Checking the Date of Bluff Ruin, Forestdale; A Study in Technique - A. E. Douglass Appendix D. Tabulation of Dates for Bluff Ruin, Forestdale, Arizona - A. E. Douglass Appendix E. Some Implications of the Bluff Ruin Dates - Emil W. Haury Index

Editorial Reviews

"Although the terms and models used by archaeologists have changed in the last 20 years, questions of group interaction and cultural boundaries are still very much at issue today."—Kiva

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